Renishaw Dental Scanner and incise CAD software

Innovative machines

Renishaw’s dental scanner and in-lab milling machine both use a patented non-Cartesian mechanism. Unlike conventional designs, this provides a lightweight and cost-effective structure that enables high-speed processing in a compact device. This means that even the smallest lab can accommodate a scanner, whilst bigger labs can offer a full-scale CAD/CAM service from a single workbench.

Unbeatable accuracy

The Renishaw dental scanner is based on an innovative but well-proven mechanism, providing exceptional accuracy in a compact, lightweight package. The only dental scanner certified to ISO 10360-4, it achieves superior accuracy through the use of Renishaw’s contact scanning technology which has been utilised in thousands of measurement applications worldwide, including critical applications such as aerospace engine parts.

CAD/CAM made easy

The Renishaw dental scanner can digitise the surface of a preparation in just 3 minutes. Its revolutionary contact scanning technology and spiral scanning technique provides superior accuracy and detail, resulting in exceptional margin fits, which increases restoration longevity and helps to reduce secondary caries.

incise CAD software features include:

Margin line	Coping design	Bite index review	Sectioning and measurement	Strength calculation
Intelligent margin line placement with sketching and ‘nudge' tools that put you in control.	Fast coping design with controllable thickness and cement space. Automatic pontic and connector generation, with full configuration and customisation.	Visual bite index review to assess porcelain clearance.	Sectioning and measuring tools to check material thickness and cement space.	Strength calculation that highlights problem areas before you commit to machining.

Three steps to success

1. Prescription management

The incise software allows you to manage job details and save the preferred framework designs. It also allows you to track the progress of frameworks that are being produced for you at Renishaw's central manufacturing facilities.

2. Scanning

It takes just seconds to set up your prep so that it is ready to scan. The Renishaw dental scanner handles everything else, employing a ‘spiral scan' technique and displaying the data capture and surface generation on your screen in real-time. You can also scan ridges, wax-up data, bite indexes and reference teeth – giving you complete flexibility and accuracy.

3. Design

Through its experience of computer aided design (CAD) within engineering, and in consultation with some highly experienced dental laboratories, Renishaw has created an efficient and intuitive software tool that makes dental framework design easier than ever before. The software features numerous tools to automate the design process (including bridges of up to 8 units), whilst giving technicians complete flexibility to customise their designs.

Seeing is believing

Watch the full process, start to finish, using the Renishaw incise system.

PC performance checker

Providing you are running Windows XP or Vista, we can help you check whether your current PC meets the requirements for successfully running the Renishaw dental scanner and all software.

Firstly, you will need Microsoft DirectX (v9 or later) installed on your PC.  If you're unsure, you can get the latest version from Microsoft by clicking here.

Then run the incise PC checker v1.0.0.1.

Useful links

Full in-lab system

Training and support

Dental research & testing